Sate or door latch



C. AJTORNEDEN.

GATE 0R DOOR LATCH.

APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 3, m9.

'1 322,272. Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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CARL A. TORNEDEN, OF LINWOOD, KANSAS.

GATE 0R DOOR LATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed. March 3, 1919. Serial No. 280,265.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. TORNEDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Linwood, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gate or DoorLatches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gate or door latches.

One of the objects of my invention is to "provide a gate or door latchadapted for being used on either a swinging or sliding gate or door.

A further object of my invention is to provide a gate or door latchwhich may be utilized for locking the gate or door in the closed or theopened position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a gate or door latchwhich is simple in construction, which is cheap to manufacture, whichmay be readily applied to a gate or door by an unskilled person, whichis durable and not liable to get out of order, and which is easilyoperated and which is efiicient in operation.

My invention provides still further novel means for locking the latch inthe closed position.

My invention provides still further a latch which may be applied to adoor which swings in either direction past the closed position.

My invention provides still further a novel latch member and a novelbracket for engaging the latch member.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodimentof my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate or door of the swinging typeprovided with my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of a gate or door, which may beeither of the swinging or sliding type provided with my improved latch.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of what is shown in Fig. 2. v

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, showing the parts reversed and inthe positions occupied by them when the latch member is reversed inposition as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view, showing my improved latch appliedto a door which may be either a sliding door or gate or one which swingspast the closed position in either direction.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates the door or gate which may be a swinging door, as shown inFig. 1 or which may be one of the slidable type. 2 designates the postor frame to which the door or gate is adapted to be locked in the closedposition.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4, 3 designates the vertical portion of abracket, which is adapted to be fastened to one side of the post 2 bymeans of screws 4 which extend through vertical slots 5, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3.

The bracket is provided with a horizontal portion 6, havin on its upperside two spaced apart pro ections 7 which are also spaced apart from therear or inner side of the vertical portion 3. Each projection 7 inclinesat its outer side in two directions at right angles to each other forthe purpose hereinafter described.

8 designates a U-shaped latch member, the

arms of which near their outer ends are pivotally mounted upon ahorizontal bolt 9, which extends through the gate or door 1 to which itis clamped by means of a nut 10, Fig. 2.

A spacing sleeve 11 extends on the bolt 9 through the arms of the latchmember 8.

When the latch member is mounted on a door or gate as shown in Fig. 1,or in solid lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the transverse portion and one ofthe arms of the latch member 8 is adapted to releasably engage theprojection 7 which is adjacent to the door or gate 1. By having theprojection? thus engaged inclined on its outer slde in two directions atright angles to each other, the latch member 8 is adapted to be liftedby the projection in passing to the lockmg posltion shown in solid linesin Figs. 1, 2 and 3, when the latch member is pivoted on a door or gatewhich either slides or swings.

For lifting the latch member 8 out of the locking position, fromengagement w th the projection 7 which it embraces, there is provided afinger member 12, which extends through a transverse hole 13 in the doorand through a. transverse hole 14: in a right angled supporting member15 which is fastened to the door or gate 1 on the same side as the latchmember 8. The finger member 12 is provided in one end with a notch 16adapted to receive a horizontal pin 17 which pivotally supports thefinger member and which is mounted in the outwardly extending portion ofthe supporting member 15.

The finger member 12 at the opposite side of the in 17 is provided withanother notch 18, Fig. 4, adapted to receive the latch member 8. Thefinger member 12 extends under the latch member 8 so that it may liftthe latter out of engagement with the adjacent projection 7.

The outwardly extending portion ot the supporting member 15 is providedwith a slot 19, through which the latch member 8 has one arm extendingand which is adapted to receive a locking device, such the hasp 20 of apadlock 21, as shown in Fig. I. When the hasp 20 is inserted in the slot19, it engages the upper edge of the finger member 12 and holds it frombeing lifted.

The latch member 8 is adapted to be reversed to the position shown indotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, when the door or gate is disposed at theother side of the'post 2. l/Vith the latch member 8 so mounted in saidreverse position, it is adapted to releasably engage the otherprojection 7 in the manner already described with reference to theopposite projection 7. When the latch memher 8 is in the reverseposition shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the finger member 12 isreversed from the position shown in Fig. 4, to that shown in Fig. 5,this being permitted by reason of the fact that the notch 16 in the endof the finger member 12 permits of the withdrawal of the latter fromengagement with the pin 17, which it pivotally engages. Suchdisengagement of the finger member 12 from the pin 17 may be effected byremoving the bolt 9 and withdrawing the latch member 8 from thesuporting member 15.

WVhen the latch is mounted on a swinging gate or door as shown in Fig.1, it may be locked in the open position by means of an other bracket 3attached to the wall 22 to which the door or gate is hinged, as shown inFig. 1. This second bracket 3 is the same 111 construction as the onealready described, being provided with the horizontal portion 6 havingtwo spaced apart projections 7 inclined on their outer sides in themanner already described with rezterence to the other projections 7.When the gate or door 1 is swung to the fully opened osition, the outerarm and the transverse portion of the U- shaped latch member is adaptedto releas ably engage the projection 7 of the bracket 3 which isattached to the wall 22, said projection being the one nearest to thegate or door 1.

V] hen the latch is to be used on a door which swings past the closedposition in both directions, a bracket corresponding in construction tothe brackets 3 is mounted on the post 2 at the side next adjacent to thedoor or gate 1, as shown in Fig. 6. hen applied to such a gate or door,if desired, the latch member may be disposed with its arms at oppositesides respectively of the gate or door 1, as shown in Fig. 6. In such arrangement, the spacing sleeve 11 is extended through the gate or door 1,and the supporting member 15 is spaced apart from the door or gate 1 bya spacing sleeve 23, and is attached to the door at the side opposite tothe side to which it is attached in Fig. 2.

By lifting the latch member 8, either by grasping its arms or by meansof the finger member 12, the latch member may be lifted clear of theprojections 7, so that the door or gate 1 may be swung in eitherdirection or slid to the open position, depending upon the type of dooremployed. Upon closing the door, the latch member 8 will automaticallyengage with the projections 7 the inclination of the outer sides of saidprojections permitting the latch member to be au tomatically lifted inmoving to the locking position when the door is either slid or swung tothe closed position.

The slots 5 in the brackets 3 permit of the vertical adjustment of saidbrackets in case the door sags or in the initial instalment of themechanism.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmodifications, within the scope of the appended claims may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on itsupper side a projection the outer side of which inclines at right anglesin two directions. and a latch member adapted to be pivoted to a door orgate and provided at its free end with a transverse arm, the projectionbeing adapted to be embraced in the angle made by the arm with the bodyof the latch member.

2. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on its upper side twoprojections which are spaced apart from each other, each projection onits outer side inclining in two directions at right angles to eachother, and a latch member adapted to be pivoted to a door or gate andprovided at its free end with a transverse arm adapted to pass betweensaid projections, when said latch member is pivoted. at either side ofsaid bracket.

3. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on its upper side twospaced apart projections, each inclining on its outer side in twodirections at right angles to each other, and a U-shaped latch memberadapted to be pii oted to a door or gate and to be reversed in positionso as to have one of its arms and its transverse portion engage one ofsaid projections when in one position and to have the other arm and itstransverse portion engage the other projection when in the reverseposition.

4. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on its upper side aninclined projection, a finger member having two notches, a. supportadapted to be fastened to a door or gate provided with a pin adapted tobe mounted in one of said notches, and a reversible latch member adaptedto be pivoted t0 the gate or door and to releasably embrace saidprojection and located in the other notch of the finger member, thelatter being adapted for being reversed in position on the pin and latchmember.

5. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on its upper side aninclined pr0jec tion, a support adapted to be fastened to a door or gateand provided with a hole and a pin, a latch member extending throughsaid hole and adapted to releasably engage said projection and to bepivoted to the door or gate, a finger member pivoted to said pin andextending below and adapted to lift the latch member, and a lockingdevice adapted to be extended through said hole and to engage the fingermember for holding it from being lifted.

6. In a gate or door latch, a bracket having on its upper side aninclined projection, a support adapted to be fastened to a door or gateand provided with a hole, a latch member extending through said hole andadapted to releasably engage said projection and to be pivoted to thedoor or gate, a finger member pivoted to said support and extendingbelow and adapted to lift the latch member, and a padlock having itshasp adapted to releasably engage said support and said finger memberfor holding the latter from being lifted.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CARL A. TORNEDEN.

